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HO Scale

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Delivered Aug. 2015

This product is compatible with stud rail 3-Rail HO track including those systems offered by Marklin...

Overview

With a wave of consolidation behind it, North American railroading is once again a good business to be in. Freight traffic is booming. Locomotive orders are coming in at a solid pace from the Big Six roads that dominate rail transportation on the continent: Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National, and Canadian Pacific. And the two remaining diesel builders are locked in a battle to become the locomotive supplier for the 21st century. Caterpillarr-owned EMD, no longer a division of General Motors, is represented by the AC-traction-motored SD70ACe and its DC-traction sibling, the SD70M-2. General Electric's standard bearers are the EVOs, the Evolution Series ES44AC and ES44DC.

At the heart of the Evolution Series is a brand new prime mover, the turbocharged four-cycle, 12-cylinder GEVO-12. While producing the same 4400 horsepower as its 16-cylinder FDL-series predecessor, the GEVO-12 uses less fuel and spits out 40% fewer emissions. Each of its cylinders displaces 950 cubic inches, nearly three times as much as an entire Corvette V-8.

GE claims the EVOs are "the most fuel-efficient, most environmentally friendly diesel locomotives in history. If every freight train in North America were pulled by an Evolution Series Locomotive, the reduction of smog-producing pollutants would be like removing 48 million cars from the road each year." Everything about these locomotives has been examined, questioned, and re-thought, generating 25 new U.S. patents in the process. Before they went on sale in 2005, 52 preproduction units were tested in revenue service across the continent for more than a year. Every Big Six railroad has ponied up to buy the ES44, with the BNSF currently rostering the largest EVO fleet. Around the world, over 3,700 Evolution Series diesels are operating in 10 countries.

Like all M.T.H. locomotives, our new ES44AC offers HO scale's finest combination of detail, realism, and performance. Listen to the chant of an authentic GEVO-12 motor in the Proto-Sound 3 versions, and throttle down as low as three scale miles per hour so you can admire the details as the Evolution Series glides by: see-through fans and grilles, walkways with safety tread, flashing ditch lights, windshield wipers, body and truck air brake piping, and a host of other separately applied details. In command mode, you can operate this second-generation stalwart in four different modes: AC Powered Analog/Conventional, DCC Command Mode with any DCC Controller, Märklin DCC Command Mode and Motorola 1 and 2 Command Modes. For the ultimate in power and sound, operate these diesels in multiple-unit lashups under DCC, DCS, Märklin, or Motorola command control. If you're running under the M.T.H. DCS system, you can double- or even triple-head the ES44AC with virtually any combination of 3.0 locomotives.

Did You Know? Fully loaded, an Evolution Series diesel carries 5000 gallons of diesel fuel, 450 gallons of lube oil, and 400 gallons of cooling water.

Outfitted with NEM 311 wheels and NEM 365 couplers, each of these engines feature an all-new version of Proto-Sound 3.0, contain a third rail sliding shoe for use with Marklin HO stud rail and can operate on AC or DC power. Like their 3.0 counterparts, Proto-Sound 3E+ locomotives feature full digital sound, speed control, 28 DCC functions, hundreds of DCS sounds and features and a command control receiver for use with Marklin DCC control systems. Unlike their 3.0 counterparts, Proto-Sound 3E+ locomotives cannot operate on standard 2-rail track. They only operate on HO (3-Rail) Stud Rail track (ie: Marklin C or K track).

Features

Intricately Detailed ABS Body

Die-Cast Metal Chassis

Metal Handrails and Decorative Horn

Detailed Roof Fans

Detailed Body Side Grilles

Detachable Snow Plow

(2) Engineer Cab Figures

Authentic Paint Scheme

Metal Wheels and Axles

NEM 340 Metal Wheels

(2) NEM 360/362 Coupler & Pocket Assemblies

(2) Hook & Chain Coupler Assemblies

#18 U.S. Kadee Coupler Compatible

Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting

Directionally Controlled Constant voltage LED Headlights

Lighted Cab Interior

Illuminated Number Boards

Operating Ditch Lights

Onboard 28-Function DCC Receiver

Powerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel Equipped Skew-Wound Balanced Motor

Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments

1:87 Scale Proportions

Only Operates On HO Stud (3-rail) Track (ie: Marklin C or K Track)

Proto-Sound 3.0 equipped locomotives can be controlled in command mode with any DCC compliant command control system. While the user won't have access to all of the incredible features of Proto-Sound 3.0, independent control over the locomotive is possible. This means you can continue to use your existing DCC controller to independently control your other DCC equipped locomotives in addition to your Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive on the same track at the same time.

When using a DCC controller, the following Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive features are accessible: